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The leaves are round and glossy, 2–12 cm (0.8–4.7 in) long, have toothed margins and grow in alternate patterns along the vines. Small green flowers are borne on axillary cymes. The fruit is a three-valved capsule, which dehisces to reveal bright red arils that cover the seeds. All parts of the plant are poisonous. [9]
Rumex obtusifolius, commonly known as bitter dock, [2] [3] broad-leaved dock, bluntleaf dock, dock leaf, dockens or butter dock, is a perennial plant in the family Polygonaceae. It is native to Europe, but is found on all temperate continents.
It reaches a maximum height around 33 centimeters. A single leaf clasps the base of the stem. It is variable in shape and size, reaching up to 11 centimeters in length. The inflorescence is a spike of flowers and leaflike bracts occupying the top of the stem. [3] The plant produces up to 18 flowers at a time. [4]
The young leaves are used in folk medicine as anthelmintic, antimalarial, laxative/purgative, enema, expectorant, worm expeller and fertility inducer in subfertile women. Many herbalists and naturopathic doctors have recommended the aqueous extracts for their patients as treatment for emesis, nausea, diabetes, loss of appetite-induced abrosia ...
One of the important food crops of the ancient Inca empire. Leaves were eaten as a leaf vegetable or used raw in salads. [179] Morinda citrifolia: Noni tree: Known as bai-yo in Thai cuisine the leaves are cooked with coconut milk in a curry. [180] Moringa oleifera: Drumstick tree: Leaves are very popular in South Asia for curries and omelettes ...
Drosera rotundifolia, the round-leaved sundew, [4] roundleaf sundew, or common sundew, is a carnivorous species of flowering plant that grows in bogs, marshes and fens.One of the most widespread sundew species, it has a circumboreal distribution, being found in all of northern Europe, much of Siberia, large parts of northern North America, Korea and Japan but is also found as far south as ...
It is an annual herb growing decumbent to erect, up to 28 centimeters tall. It is glandular and coated in short, stiff hairs. The leaves are conspicuously rounded and have scalloped edges or dull teeth. The round leaf blade is borne on a petiole. The hairy inflorescence is a one-sided curving or coiling cyme of bell-shaped flowers. Each flower ...
Round-leaf cassia is a fast covering perennial forage legume. [10] Its sub-woody, semi-erect stem is covered in small hairs and can grow up to 1 metre in height, with a shallow tap-root. [ 1 ] Some identifiable physical traits are its small axillary yellow flowers (depending on the season) and the characteristic round bifoliolate leaves for ...